Why can’t white America leave Black children’s hair alone? | Tayo Bero

A Texas school is punishing a teenager for wearing his hair in neat locs. How is this still happening in 2024?

A Texas court is set to decide next month if one of its school districts can continue to punish a Black teenager for refusing to cut his locs.

Since last August, 18-year-old Darryl George has been kept out of his regular classroom at Barbers Hill high school in Mont Belvieu while he served in-school suspension and faced other disciplinary action because of his hair.

Tayo Bero is a Guardian US columnist